KD: Yay! Second installment! Woot! We'd like to give a special thanks to our friend Meredith for being an awesome beta. And now, we present…

Chapter Two: Welcoming Domination

Chapter Songs:

Perfect Enemy- TATU

Enemy- Sevendust

The euphoria draining from Joey's body felt worse than a bad hangover. The warmth that had enflamed him was quick to follow, leaving him feeling strangely cold in the perfectly temperate room. Joey slowly sat up, his body feeling heavy and lethargic. Getting his head back together, he realized then the state he was in and quickly put his clothes back on, as if to cover up the near unbearable shame he felt. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he buried his face in his hands.

"Man… what the heck am I doing?" A few months ago, Joey wouldn't even want to be within twenty miles of Kaiba, let alone in this messed up situation. "All I wanted to do was make a little money…"

A few months prior….

"Of all the places I could have gotten a callback for a job interview," Joey bemoaned as he stood in front of Kaiba Corp. Joey had spent half the summer searching for a job. Every place had turned him down except, much to his eternal befuddlement, his application for Kaiba Land.

"I must be all kinds of desperate," he thought aloud.

He remembered the words of encouragement from his friends:

"Swallow your pride and be a man, you can tough it out until you find something else," said Tristan.

"It's not like you'd have to see Kaiba while working there," Tea pointed out.

"Chin up, Joey," Bakura said. "Just make some lemonade from the situation."

"I know you'll do great," said Yugi. "Once they see you they'll be begging you to take the job."

After releasing a deep breath, Joey stepped into the Kaiba Corp. main office. A plethora of beautiful women were answering phone calls, typing on their computers, and gossiping about Seto. (1) Joey headed over to one of the available girls.

"Um, I have an interview for a job at Kaiba land," Joey exhaled. "The name's Wheeler. Joey Wheeler."

The young woman smiled at him. "One moment please." Joey looked around the office while the receptionist made her calls. "Take the elevator to the top floor and someone will be there to meet you," she said after hanging up the phone and pointing to the direction of the elevator.

"Thanks," said Joey lifting his hand in a wave. He stepped into the elevator, where a woman dressed in a Kaiba Corp. uniform was standing next to the buttons.

"What floor are you heading to?" the woman asked sweetly.

Joey was taken aback. "The top floor," he finally spouted out. The woman smiled and pressed the button. "That cocky ass is the only one who would have someone controlling the elevator," Joey thought to himself. "But I better listen to my friends and suck it up. A job is a job and I doubt I'll even see Kaiba…" The thought trailed off as the elevator doors opened to an office. Seto Kaiba sat at the lone desk in the room.

"Hello, Wheeler," Seto said with the trademark smirk Joey had learned to loathe.

"Damn, I'm officially screwed."

"Hello, Kaiba," Joey said in a forcibly polite voice while stepping into the office. The elevator doors shut closed behind him and he heard the elevator leave.

"That's 'Mr. Kaiba'," Seto snapped back.

Joey was agitated by the comment but he kept his composure. "Keep it together, Joey. You need this," he whispered to himself.

"Sit down, Wheeler," Kaiba ordered, pointing to the chair in front of his desk. Joey hesitantly did so. "Well, Wheeler. Frankly, I was surprised to see your name on the application list." Seto took a momentary pause before continuing. "So I felt I should do this interview personally." He put emphasis on the word 'personally' and Joey had no doubts Kaiba was just taking this opportunity to humiliate him. "So, Wheeler, what was going through that minuscule mind of yours to want to apply at my company? And don't say it's because you actually wanted to work here."

Joey's teeth ground together in anger but he gripped his knees with his hands and calmed himself. "Not that it matters to you… but I wanted to start earning money so that I could get my own place… and then maybe I'd get to see my little sister more often. I applied for every job this city had to offer but…" he trailed off.

"But clearly heartfelt intentions didn't fill in for the lack of competence," Seto finished for him. Joey opened his mouth to say a snappy comment back but thought twice and quickly shut it. Seto rolled his eyes. "Fine, Wheeler, you have the job."

"EH!" Joey exclaimed in utter surprise. He thought he might have heard wrong. "Seriously? No joke?"

"No joke," Seto reiterated, before grinning evilly. "But I'm going to need your measurements."

"Wah!" Joey exclaimed almost falling out of his chair. Now he KNEW he had heard wrong.

"You heard me, Wheeler. Give me your measurements, or I'll take them for you," he said leaning over the desk.

Joey's face turned red. "What could you possibly need those for?"

Seto's eyes glistened with contempt. "For your job, idiot," Seto coolly said. "I need your measurements to get the costumes tailored for your size."

"COSTUMES?" Joey asked standing up in shock.

"Yes, Wheeler, your job will be acting as the costume characters at Kaiba Land. Even a useless guy like you should be able to do something like that. Especially since you're not allowed to talk," Seto's smirk grew even wider with the thought of Joey doing such work. "So, Wheeler, do you still want the job?"

Joey could feel his insides boiling and his face heating in anger. He wanted nothing more than to use his fist to wipe the smug look off Kaiba's face. Then he reminded himself, the work might suck, but the pay was still pretty decent. If he could just bear with it, however long it took, then in the end it just might be worth it.

"Yeah, I'll take it," Joey said with unwavering resolve.

"Hmph, then let's get started, shall we?" Seto reached into his desk and pulled out some measuring tape. "I'll need you to take your shirt off."

"H-huh?" Joey stuttered. "Why are YOU taking the measurements? Can't you get someone else to do it?"

"Consider this your aptitude test, Wheeler," Kaiba said with obvious derision. "Your job involves interacting with a countless number of people, and not all of them are as charming as I am. I don't need a hot-headed employee flying off the handle at every little provocation."

Joey turned red with anger. "Fine, Kaiba, bring on your aptitude test," Joey said taking off his green coat.

Kaiba shook his head in dissatisfaction. "More than your jacket needs to be off, Wheeler," Kaiba said dangling the tape measure from his delicate hands.

Joey started to blush at the idea of undressing in front of Seto. "No way, Kaiba, I'm not stripping in front of you."

"I never pictured you as the modest type," Kaiba mocked, watching Joey's fists and teeth clench. "Strip, Wheeler, or no job."

Joey let out a chain of grumbles but once more reminded himself why he came here in the first place. He unbuttoned his shirt and reluctantly slid it off his shoulders before dropping the shirt onto the floor. Seto was professional when it came to the measurements, but that did nothing to make Joey feel any more comfortable. He knew what he had to do, though, and thus he followed Seto's instructions, allowing him to measure his arms, back, and torso. Just when he thought the torture was nearly over, things took a turn for the worse.

"Pants, Wheeler," Seto said sternly.

"Now that's going too far, Kaiba," Joey protested. "Why do you need my pants down?"

Seto grinned and shook his head, astounded at Joey's lack of simple understanding. "I need to measure your stride, Wheeler, and your pants will get in the way of a proper measurement."

Joey gulped, but undid his belt, button and zipper, allowing his pants to pool around his ankles and displaying his black boxers decorated with little red-eyes black dragons. Joey's face was flushed red thinking about how he was half naked in front of his least favorite person. He expected Seto to make a snide comment about his undergarments, but Seto looked as if he had expected nothing less, which somehow made it seem worse.

Seto got on his knees and started to take the measurement, wrapping the measuring tape under and around the stride area. "Don't get too excited, Wheeler," Seto said in a laughing voice.

"Like I would!" Joey snapped in irritation, but for some reason the comment caused his stomach to do a turnover, only… not in revulsion like he would have expected.

Kaiba merely smirked in amusement and completed the measurement. Once he was done he straightened up and went to his desk where he began jotting things down on a notepad. "We're done. You can get out now. You'll be expected to start work next week. One slip up and you're gone. Understand?"

"Yes, sir," Joey said sarcastically as he redressed himself.

"I mean it, Wheeler. One slip-up," Seto warned.

Joey rolled his eyes, put his jacket back on and left the office. Once he was outside of Kaiba Corp, Joey let out a big sigh of both relief and dread. "What have you gotten yourself into, Joey Wheeler? Stupid, stupid," he said hitting his head against his hands.

KD: I hope in the beginning you weren't thinking we were referring to prostitution. We're not THAT mean (*cough*cliché*cough*). Hehe, so how does our young Joey do on his first day of work? Find out next time! Ja ne. ;)

(1) For those of you who don't believe this is plausible, watch the beginning of Duelist Kingdom. We seriously believe Seto kidnapped just about every female in the city and got them to work for him. That's why you rarely ever see females in the show. :P